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Striped Sweat Bees (Agapostemon)
Photo#53753
Copyright © 2006
Hartmut Wisch
Halictid -
Agapostemon
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Lockwood Valley, GPS: N 34∘43.523 W 119∘10.989, Ventura County, California, USA
May 19, 2006
Size: ~10mm
Looks close to images of metallic green Halictids in the Augochlorini tribe.
This bee is feeding on a Chaenactis glabriuscula (Asteraceae).
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Contributed by
Hartmut Wisch
on 25 May, 2006 - 12:48am
Last updated 30 December, 2008 - 12:40pm
Moved
Moved from
Augochlorini
.
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Hartmut Wisch
, 11 October, 2006 - 6:09pm
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Agapostemon
please remove from Augochlorini guide
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John S. Ascher
, 11 October, 2006 - 4:53pm
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Just recalled
your earlier ID and was looking for the page. Thanks anyway for the reminder.
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Hartmut Wisch
, 11 October, 2006 - 6:08pm
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Gathering pollen, too
Curved "basal" vein, the hallmark for most Halictidae, is well visible on the right forewing. With such an intense green, this bee must belong to the Augochlorini tribe.
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Richard Vernier
, 25 May, 2006 - 4:34am
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not so
it looks like an Agapostemon (Halictini s.l.)
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John S. Ascher
, 29 September, 2006 - 7:12pm
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Hello Richard,
your comments are very much appreciated, thanks.
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Hartmut Wisch
, 25 May, 2006 - 1:31pm
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